A surgery center, north of the Red River, is offering a new kind of pricing transparency. The Surgery Center of Oklahoma doesn’t wait until after you’ve had a procedure to inform you of the costs. The prices are online.

Facing mandatory rolling blackouts, hospitals in North Texas fear a repeat of last February when many critical care facilities lost power. Oncor, however, is promising a new policy that will help ease hospital concerns.

A budding model for primary care that encourages the family doctor to act as a health coach who focuses as much on preventing illness as on treating it has shown promising results and saved insurers millions of dollars.